Alaska residents have another reason to get vaccinated against COVID-19: a chance to win $49,000 each week; a new study published this week may have an answer to why Northern fur seal populations in the eastern Bering Sea have been declining; and city facilities are reopening for normal operating hours starting Thursday, in light of a recent drop in the local COVID-19 risk level.
Hope McKenney is a public radio news director, reporter, producer and host based in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.